why use more when you can use less? bounty. the clean picker upper. >>> another october surprise, this one a major victory for president obama. unemployment dipped below 8%. did the president just fulfill his biggest promise? is this still a one-term proposition for republicans? i'm thomas roberts. the agenda this hour, an unemployment report nobody seemed to expect but this reports puts the wind at the president's back today. both candidates speaking in virginia at this hour on the heels of a job report that shows unemployment at its lowest in years. 7.8% is the number for september, and that is the lowest monthly number since the president took office in january of '09. >> i don't think we should focus on the politics today. this is obviously showing we continue to recover from a horrible recession. >> politically -- >> what matters is that headline number with the seven handle as they say on the street. 7.8%, right? whatever the reason, the president can now say i've